法名

Readings

Pinyin: fǎmíng

Wade-Giles: fa-ming

Hangul: 법명

Korean MC: beommyeong

Korean MR: pŏmmyŏng

Katakana: ホウミョウ

Hepburn: hōmyō

pháp danh

dharma-name

• The name given to a monk or nun on ordination. See also 安名. A term chiefly used by the 眞宗 Shin school, 戒名 being the usual term. Also 佛名. (Skt. dharma-nāman, dharma-śabda) [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Hirakawa, JEBD]
• A posthumous Buddhist name. [resp. Charles Muller]
• 〔五分律 T 1421.22.4c20〕 [resp. Charles Muller]

Dictionary References:

Bukkyō jiten (Ui), 959

Bulgyo sajeon, 272a

Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.), 1143d

Iwanami bukkyō jiten, 730

Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha), 114a/125

Zenrin shōkisen (Mujaku Dōchū), 233/202

Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi), 238

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 1237a

Fo Guang Dictionary, 3344

Ding Fubao

Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa), 0714

Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki), (v.1-6)4643c,399c

Bukkyō daijiten (Oda), 1614-1

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